About the role
Iris's client, one of the world's largest multinational Investment banking and financial services corporations, is looking to hire an AWS Cloud Architect for a long-term opportunity.
Work location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid onsite – 2 to 3 day’s a week office)
Role Summary We are seeking a highly driven Project Lead with deep expertise in AWS cloud platforms and modern infrastructure practices. This role combines technical leadership, client-facing ownership, and team enablement across multiple initiatives. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, proactively unblocks teams, and serves as a trusted technical advisor for cloud-native and AI/ML-enabled solutions.
Key Responsibilities Lead and oversee multiple AWS-based delivery initiatives in parallel Act as the primary technical point of contact for client stakeholders Architect and guide cloud solutions leveraging AWS best practices Mentor and enable offshore teams, ensuring progress during distributed working hours Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks; unblock teams effectively Drive infrastructure automation and platform maturity Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to support ML infrastructure, pipelines, and deployments Ensure security, reliability, scalability, and cost-awareness across cloud workloads
Required Skills & Experience 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering AWS projects, with overall 10+ years of experience Deep understanding of core AWS services (IAM, VPC, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, Sage maker etc.) Strong expertise in container technologies (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS) Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK preferred; Terraform acceptable) Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD workflow automation Understanding of the AI/ML ecosystem, including model deployment and ML infrastructure patterns Experience owning client communication, technical discussions, and delivery updates Ability to support and unblock teams during offshore working hours Self-driven, proactive, and accountable with a strong ownership mindset
Nice to Have Experience with MLOps platforms and ML pipelines Exposure to cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices Prior people-management or delivery-lead experience
About Iris Software Inc.
Iris Software has been a trusted software engineering partner to several Fortune 500 companies for over three decades. We help clients realize the full potential of technology-enabled transformation by bringing together a unique blend of domain knowledge, best-of-breed technologies, and experience executing essential and critical application development engagements.
Our highly-experienced talent and rightsized teams help develop core, complex, and mission-critical applications and solutions for leading enterprises across Capital Markets/Front office operations, Banking, Investment Management, Brokerage, Risk and Compliance, Insurance, Healthcare/Life Sciences, and Supply Chains/Logistics.
Disclaimer: It has come to our attention that unauthorized individuals or entities are misleading the public by using our company's name, logo, and other identifying information for fraudulent purposes through www.irissoftware.org and www.irissoftware.info. Through the said websites the entity is engaging in deceptive practices, such as making false promises, and conducting unauthorized transactions in our name. The general public is hereby informed alerted about this deceptive entity to prevent any potential harm or misinformation, and are advised to not engage in any communication / transaction with the said entity, in the event that you are contacted by the said websites, you are advised to report here: https://www.irissoftware.com/careers#disclaimer
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About the role
Iris's client, one of the world's largest multinational Investment banking and financial services corporations, is looking to hire an AWS Cloud Architect for a long-term opportunity.
Work location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid onsite – 2 to 3 day’s a week office)
Role Summary We are seeking a highly driven Project Lead with deep expertise in AWS cloud platforms and modern infrastructure practices. This role combines technical leadership, client-facing ownership, and team enablement across multiple initiatives. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, proactively unblocks teams, and serves as a trusted technical advisor for cloud-native and AI/ML-enabled solutions.
Key Responsibilities Lead and oversee multiple AWS-based delivery initiatives in parallel Act as the primary technical point of contact for client stakeholders Architect and guide cloud solutions leveraging AWS best practices Mentor and enable offshore teams, ensuring progress during distributed working hours Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks; unblock teams effectively Drive infrastructure automation and platform maturity Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to support ML infrastructure, pipelines, and deployments Ensure security, reliability, scalability, and cost-awareness across cloud workloads
Required Skills & Experience 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering AWS projects, with overall 10+ years of experience Deep understanding of core AWS services (IAM, VPC, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, Sage maker etc.) Strong expertise in container technologies (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS) Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK preferred; Terraform acceptable) Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD workflow automation Understanding of the AI/ML ecosystem, including model deployment and ML infrastructure patterns Experience owning client communication, technical discussions, and delivery updates Ability to support and unblock teams during offshore working hours Self-driven, proactive, and accountable with a strong ownership mindset
Nice to Have Experience with MLOps platforms and ML pipelines Exposure to cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices Prior people-management or delivery-lead experience
About Iris Software Inc.
Iris Software has been a trusted software engineering partner to several Fortune 500 companies for over three decades. We help clients realize the full potential of technology-enabled transformation by bringing together a unique blend of domain knowledge, best-of-breed technologies, and experience executing essential and critical application development engagements.
Our highly-experienced talent and rightsized teams help develop core, complex, and mission-critical applications and solutions for leading enterprises across Capital Markets/Front office operations, Banking, Investment Management, Brokerage, Risk and Compliance, Insurance, Healthcare/Life Sciences, and Supply Chains/Logistics.
Disclaimer: It has come to our attention that unauthorized individuals or entities are misleading the public by using our company's name, logo, and other identifying information for fraudulent purposes through www.irissoftware.org and www.irissoftware.info. Through the said websites the entity is engaging in deceptive practices, such as making false promises, and conducting unauthorized transactions in our name. The general public is hereby informed alerted about this deceptive entity to prevent any potential harm or misinformation, and are advised to not engage in any communication / transaction with the said entity, in the event that you are contacted by the said websites, you are advised to report here: https://www.irissoftware.com/careers#disclaimer